Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (franchise)
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Joe Johnston (1) Randal Kleiser (2) Dean Cundey (3) |
| Produced by | Brian Yuzna Thomas G. Smith Jon Landau Penny Finkelman Cox |
| Written by |
Stuart Gordon Tom Shulman Brian Yuzna Ed Naha |
| Starring |
Rick Moranis Marcia Strassman (1 & 2) Amy O'Neill (1 & 2) Robert Oliveri (1 & 2) Eve Gordon (3) Keri Russell (2) Matt Frewer (1) Kristine Sutherland (1) Thomas Wilson Brown (1) Jared Rushton (1) Bug Hall (3) Stuart Pankin (3) Allison Mack (3) Jake Richardson (3) |
| Music by |
James Horner (1) Bruce Broughton (2) Michael Tavera (3) |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
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Release date
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1989 – 1997 |
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Running time
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280 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $281,386,624 |
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a Disney comedy franchise that consisted of two theatrical films, one direct-to-video film, a TV series, a 3D theme park attraction, and a playground. It focuses on Wayne Szalinski, an eccentric inventor who develops electronic machines that cause havoc.
The original film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, was released in 1989 by Walt Disney Pictures. Written by Stuart Gordon, Ed Naha, Brian Yuzna, and Tom Schulman, it has been one of Disney's most successful franchises.
Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is an eccentric professor who makes a living by inventing machines in his attic while not at work. He lives at home with his wife, Diane (Marcia Strassman), a real-estate agent, and his two kids, Amy and Nick. He and Diane had an argument a previous night. While she is selling a house, he accidentally shrinks his and the neighbors' (Matt Frewer and Kristine Sutherland) kids and sends them to his overgrowing backyard with the trash. They try to make their way across the miles of grass, ants, bees, and a lawn mower. They find their way back to the house and end up going back to normal size.
Wayne has moved the Family to Nevada and still invents things. The Szalinski's have a new baby boy, Adam, who is now two years old. Amy is leaving for college and Diane helps her get settled into her dorm, and Nick (Robert Oliveri) is going crazy over a girl at school named Mandy (Keri Russell) despite her not noticing. While Wayne is at work, Adam is accidentally zapped by a machine in his lab. Everywhere there is an Electro-Magnetic Flux, he soon grows bigger and bigger and soon heads to the neon lights of Las Vegas. Mandy the babysitter gets mixed up in the crisis and along with Nick gets placed into Adam's Pocket. Wayne and Diane retrieve the shrinking Machine from the first film, and soon the police, the Federal Marshals, Sterling Labs and other officials take notice and try to help. He is soon back to his normal size again.
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